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[5] [6] The trees were moved onto the campus's Liberal Arts Quad in 1962 after construction began on State Route 520, which cut across part of the arboretum. [7] The decision to move the cherry trees to the Liberal Arts Quad was likely made by a group of people including President Charles Odegaard, Frederick Mann, Ernest Conrad, Eric Hoyte, and ...
The cherry blossoms on the University of Washington campus are a popular attraction. The Quad, on the campus of the University of Washington, has 29 Yoshino cherry trees. [16] According to an arborist with the university, "Historically, peak bloom in the Quad typically begins during the third full week of March and goes into the fourth week of ...
The University District (commonly the U District) is a neighborhood and a major district in central northeastern Seattle, Washington, comprising several distinct neighborhoods. The main campus of the University of Washington (UW) is located in the district, lending its name to both the district as well as University Way NE (commonly The Ave).
The Metropolitan Tract is an area of land in downtown Seattle owned by the University of Washington. [1] Originally covering 10 acres (40,000 m 2), the 1962 purchase of land for a garage for the Olympic Hotel [2] expanded the plot to 11 acres (45,000 m 2). The Metropolitan Tract is primarily located in a rectangle formed by Seneca St.,
The Sehome Hill Arboretum is a public park in the Sehome neighborhood of Bellingham, Washington. It comprises 175.5 acres (71.0 ha) of second growth forest on Sehome Hill, adjacent to the campus of Western Washington University. Though called an arboretum, the hilly expanse atop Sehome Hill is not consciously planted as an exhibit of tree ...
A push for tree equity will increase Tacoma’s leafy canopy.
The University of Washington (UW [a] and informally U-Dub or U Dub [b]) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the United States. The university has a 703-acre (284 ha) main campus located in the city's University ...
Drumheller Fountain is predated by a pond similar in design and location known as Geyser Basin, which was built for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.During the fair, the fountain was the centerpiece of a formal garden extending onto the Rainier Vista, adorned with a geometric layout, roses enclosed by Japanese barberry, and a carpet of 80,000 English daisies.